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Strangers

by Ethel Cainon Preacher’s Daughter

[Intro]

"God is telling you and I there is death, for all of us

But then we find that the scriptures also tell us that we have a great promise, that there is a better place for those who believe in the lord Jesus Christ"

[Verse 1]

In your basement, I grow cold

Thinking back to what I was always told

"Don't talk to strangers or you might fall in love"

Freezer bride, your sweet divine

You devour like smoked bovine hide

How funny, I never considered myself tough

You're so handsome, walking over to me now

[Chorus]

I tried to be good

Am I no good?

With my memory restricted to a Polaroid in evidence

I just wanted to be yours

Can I be yours?

Just tell me I'm yours

If I'm turning in your stomach and I'm making you feel sick

[Post-Chorus]

Oh, no, no, no

No, no

[Verse 2]

When my mother sees me on the side

Of a milk carton in Winn-Dixie's dairy aisle

She'll cry and wait up for me

We'll make love in your attic all night

Euphoric in some strange delight

I'm happier here 'cause he told me I should be, oh

You're so handsome when I'm all over your mouth

(When I'm all over your mouth, when I'm all over your mouth)

[Chorus]

I tried to be good

Am I no good?

With my memory restricted to a Polaroid in evidence

I just wanted to be yours

Can I be yours?

Just tell me I'm yours

If I'm turning in your stomach and I'm making you feel sick

Am I making you feel sick?

[Bridge]

Am I making you feel sick?

Am I making you feel

Am I making you feel sick?

Am I making you feel

Am I making you feel sick?

[Outro]

Found you just to tell you that I made it real far

And that I never blamed you for loving me the way that you did

While you were torn apart

I would still wait with you there

Don't think about it too hard

Or you'll never sleep a wink at night again

Don't worry 'bout me and these green eyes

Mama, just know that I love you (I do)

And I'll see you when you get here